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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.3.67.pr

Restitution and Management of a Dotal Slave's Peculium

Passage 3659 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius states that what is restored to a wife from a slave's peculium constitutes part of the returned dowry, and outlines the husband's liability for its management and his right to its fruits.

[POMPONIUS libro uicesimo epistularum. ] §24.3.67.prIn partem dotis reddendae erit id, quod mulieri ex peculio serui restitui debebit: et ideo et dolum et culpam in eo peculio uel adquirendo uel conseruando maritus praestare debet et fructus ex eo percepti quomodo cuiuslibet rei dotalis ad maritum pertinebunt.
[POMPONIUS, Letters, book 20] What must be restored to the woman from the slave's peculium will form part of the dowry to be returned; and therefore, the husband must answer for both fraud and negligence in either acquiring or preserving that peculium, and the fruits gathered from it will belong to the husband in the same manner as those of any other dotal property.

Notes

  1. §24.3.67.prin eo peculio uel adquirendo uel conseruando — A gerundive construction in the ablative case governed by the preposition 'in'. The gerundives 'adquirendo' and 'conseruando' agree with the neuter noun 'peculio' in the ablative singular, meaning 'in either acquiring or preserving that peculium'.
  2. §24.3.67.prquomodo cuiuslibet rei dotalis — The word 'quomodo' is used here as a relative adverb meaning 'in the same manner as' (equivalent to 'quemadmodum'). After the genitive phrase 'cuiuslibet rei dotalis' (of any other dotal property), the clause 'fructus ad maritum pertinent' (the fruits belong to the husband) from the main clause is understood as omitted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.3.67.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.3.67.pr

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